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Hollywood, Tomorrow: Who wins, who loses and what’s at stake in the age of AI?

A film director sits in front of a blank movie screen surrounded by a tunnel of AI-generated content
(Ibrahim Rayintakath / For The Times)

The AI revolution is reshaping the creative foundations of Hollywood — from storytelling and performance to production, labor and power. In Hollywood Tomorrow, we explore its impact from all angles.

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Hollywood, Tomorrow

Synthetic performers are forcing Hollywood to rethink how fame works and who gets to claim it. Even as the technology races ahead, legal concerns are mounting.

As AI creeps further into Hollywood, screenwriters like Billy Ray, Paul Schrader, Bong Joon Ho and Todd Haynes, along with a new class of tech disruptors, are navigating the uncertain future of storytelling.

AI isn’t hovering at the edges of acting anymore. It has reshaped faces, smoothed dialogue and fast-tracked everything from dubbing to reshoots. And its reach is growing.

AI is supplying powerful new tools at a fraction of the cost, forcing below-the-line artists to wonder if the future of filmmaking has a place for them.

From AI-native studios to interactive platforms, a new generation of storytellers is challenging Hollywood’s role as the center of the entertainment universe.

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